Transitions Foundation of Guatemala, an organization committed to serving the disabled, is the recipient of our latest 40’ container shipment that went out August 4th. Besides our usual medical equipment, this shipment included 30,000 pairs of reading glasses from Restoring Vision. Just imagine how many lives will be improved by being able to read again! Poverty in Guatemala is extreme…
Pastor Frank and Detra Avila are ministers with Wings of the Eagle, a non-profit organization that exists to help alleviate suffering of the underprivileged in Mexico and other Latin American nations by bringing healing through health care and education. This is part of an email we received from Detra Avila about a neglected Mexican widow living in squalid conditions. “There is…
It was a fun evening as we celebrated our 100th international shipment that went to Moldova. High Street Band was fantastic and Michelle Edmonds of Channel 6 and 9 did a great job as Master of Ceremonies. There were 25 items in the silent auction and bidding was spirited on some items. If you were not able to attend, you…
Local Nampa non-profit organization, Because International, brought 400 of the 5,000 pairs of “The Shoe that Grows” to our distribution center to include in the shipment to the Annie Gorman Clinic in Ghana. The extendable shoes were the brain child of Nampa resident, Kenton Lee, whose trip to Kenya inspired him to develop a shoe that would last for 5 years of…
Elsie Konlan is the first nurse to graduate from Compassion for Africa’s Nursing School. Elsie is excited to become the first nurse at the new Annie Gorman Clinic in Ghana, the clinic that Hands of Hope NW will supply. All we need is an autoclave to complete the 40′ container of equipment and medical supplies to ship to this clinic. Elsie…
We received a large donation from a birthing clinic that recently closed. Thank you to Dr. Schafer and St. Alphonsus in Nampa. The donation included an ultrasound machine, fetal monitor, exam lights, eight exam tables, and supplies. What a blessing these items will be either here or around the world. We had just given away twelve exam tables! Distribution Center…